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Navigating Midlife With Journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty

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Barbara Bradley Hagerty is an award-winning journalist and former NPR correspondent. She's also the author of Life Reimagined?, a new book aimed at helping readers navigate the trials and opportunities of midlife.

This hour, Hagerty joins us to talk about the book and about her own experiences as a so-called "midlifer." We also take your questions and comments. Are you in your 40s, 50s, or 60s? If so, how have those middle years been treating you?

GUESTS:

  • Barbara Bradley Hagerty - Award-winning journalist who spent nearly 20 years as a correspondent for NPR; her new book is called Life Reimagined: The Science, Art, and Opportunity of Midlife

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired on March 17, 2016. 

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Congress has eliminated all funding for public media.

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